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Clovis First
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Author : Mary M. Prasciunas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Clovis First written by Mary M. Prasciunas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Antiquities, Prehistoric categories.
As traditional interpretations of New World colonization become increasingly unpopular, researchers argue that many of the traditionally established spatial, temporal, and technological characteristics of Clovis also need to be reevaluated. This dissertation assesses these arguments in several ways. First, the spatial distribution of Clovis projectile points across North America is examined to determine what point distribution can indicate about the colonization process and the origin of Clovis, and whether point distribution is related to factors affecting point visibility. Using county-level data for a sample of states from the western and southeastern U.S., the dissertation demonstrates that Clovis projectile point distribution is significantly related to modern population density, cultivated acreage, intensity of archaeological research, and measures of environmental productivity, and that interpreting Clovis point distribution is therefore more complex than frequently assumed. Next, the dissertation evaluates recent claims that the duration of Clovis is several hundred years shorter than previously estimated. This newly defined age range, based on a very small sample of Clovis sites, is argued by some researchers to support the spread of Clovis technology through existing populations rather than the spread of populations themselves throughout the continent. By simulating colonization and randomly sampling the distribution of Clovis sites created during the course of colonization, the dissertation demonstrates that a small sample of well dated Clovis sites is incapable of accurately representing the true duration of the colonization event. Arguments that the newly defined, constricted time range supports the spread of Clovis technology through existing populations rather than the spread of populations themselves throughout the continent are therefore not supported. Finally, the dissertation evaluates recent critiques that many post-Clovis Paleoindian sites do not conform to traditional expectations of early Paleoindian technological organization, and that these expectations as a whole should therefore be reevaluated. Although much technological variation has been demonstrated within the Paleoindian period, assemblage-level tests of the degree to which Clovis technology conforms to traditional expectations are lacking, even though these expectations were originally designed with Clovis in mind. The dissertation therefore compares the lithic assemblage from the Sheaman Clovis site in eastern Wyoming to a sample of post-Clovis Paleoindian assemblages to assess the potential uniqueness of Clovis technological organization. Minimum Analytical Nodule Analysis is then used to provide a more detailed picture of Clovis technological planning strategies. The Sheaman assemblage fulfills traditional expectations of Clovis technological organization, and appears unique in many ways compared to later Paleoindian manifestations. As a whole, the analyses within this dissertation suggest that we do not have an empirical basis for rejecting many of the traditionally noted spatial, temporal, and technological characteristics of Clovis.
Clovis I
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Author : Dhirubhai Patel
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-03-02
Clovis I written by Dhirubhai Patel and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with categories.
Clovis was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. Clovis IChapter 1: Clovis Story Chapter 2: Early reign (481-491)2.1 Taming GaulChapter 3: Middle reign (492-506)3.1 Assault of the Alamanni3.2 Business in Burgundy3.3 Armonici alliesChapter 4: Late reign (507-511)4.1 Ravishing the Reguli4.2 DeathChapter 5: BaptismChapter 6: Roman LawChapter 7: Salic law7.1 Merovingian phase7.2 Carolingian phase7.4 Some tenets of the lawChapter 8: Applications of the succession and inheritance laws8.1 Other European applicationsChapter 9: Literary referencesChapter 10: Theodoric the Great10.1 ReignChapter 11: Family and progeny11.1 Building programChapter 12: ReligionChapter 13: Clotilde
Across Atlantic Ice
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Author : Dennis J. Stanford
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-02-28
Across Atlantic Ice written by Dennis J. Stanford and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-28 with Social Science categories.
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional—and often subjective—approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The authors apply rigorous scholarship to a hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, the book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.
Clovis The First Americans
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Author : F. Scott Crawford
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-06
Clovis The First Americans written by F. Scott Crawford and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Over 13,000 years ago ... those ancient people in North America at the end of the Ice Age were already using almost every source of good knapping stone which we know about today. How could the "Clovis" culture possibly be the first people on this continent? Traveling, hunting and exploring all of this vast land on foot ... discovering and making extensive use of virtually every known stone resource in every corner of the continent ... all in a period of just 300 or 400 years? How was it possible for a small, pioneering population to discover everything, everywhere, with no local inhabitants to guide their travels and discoveries, even as they spread their unique flint knapping technology from coast to coast in as few as 10 or 15 generations? Does it make practical sense to claim that no one else was here exploring before the "Clovis" culture arrived? Perhaps the very idea that any single pioneering group would be able to and then actually would almost immediately discover all of the existing lithic resources stretches credulity to the breaking point. That's the heart and core of my theory in "CLOVIS The First Americans?" ... and I'm stickin' to it. What do you think?
Across Atlantic Ice
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Author : Dennis J. Stanford
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012
Across Atlantic Ice written by Dennis J. Stanford and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea and introduced the distinctive stone tools of the Clovis culture. Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge that narrative. Their hypothesis places the technological antecedents of Clovis technology in Europe, with the culture of Solutrean people in France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago, and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought."--Back cover.
Clovis The First King Of France
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Author : Richard Matevosyan
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Clovis The First King Of France written by Richard Matevosyan and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with History categories.
The idea of this book was stemmed of scarce references about the first French king, the first Christian king. Despite of the wealth of publications about the French monarchy, or the Frankish kingdom reigned under 68 ultimate monarchs - from 486 to 1870, this particular effort is an oddity for the following reasons: (1) it is based on solid sources and not on the web links; (2) it is an unbiased, even-handed reference, and(3) it is the only existing book for children in English literature about the first French king. We trust you will enjoy the journey via this child-friendly and well-illustrated book.
The Early Settlement Of North America
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Author : Gary Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-14
The Early Settlement Of North America written by Gary Haynes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-14 with History categories.
The Early Settlement of North America is an examination of the first recognisable culture in the New World: the Clovis complex. Gary Haynes begins his analysis with a discussion of the archaeology of Clovis fluted points in North America and a review of the history of the research on the topic. He presents and evaluates all the evidence that is now available on the artefacts, the human populations of the time, and the environment, and he examines the adaptation of the early human settlers in North America to the simultaneous disappearance of the mammoths and mastodonts. Haynes offers a compelling re-appraisal of our current state of knowledge about the peopling of this continent and provides a significant new contribution to the debate with his own integrated theory of Clovis, which incorporates vital new biological, ecological, behavioural and archaeological data.
Clovis
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Author : Ashley M. Smallwood
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-08
Clovis written by Ashley M. Smallwood and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-08 with Social Science categories.
New research and the discovery of multiple archaeological sites predating the established age of Clovis (13,000 years ago) provide evidence that the Americas were first colonized at least one thousand to two thousand years before Clovis. These revelations indicate to researchers that the peopling of the Americas was perhaps a more complex process than previously thought. The Clovis culture remains the benchmark for chronological, technological, and adaptive comparisons in research on peopling of the Americas. In Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding, volume editors Ashley Smallwood and Thomas Jennings bring together the work of many researchers actively studying the Clovis complex. The contributing authors presented earlier versions of these chapters at the Clovis: Current Perspectives on Chronology, Technology, and Adaptations symposium held at the 2011 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Sacramento, California. In seventeen chapters, the researchers provide their current perspectives of the Clovis archaeological record as they address the question: What is and what is not Clovis?
The First Americans
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Author : James Adovasio
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2009-01-16
The First Americans written by James Adovasio and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-16 with Social Science categories.
J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there? At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that Adovasio and his fellow archaeologists have brought about, and the firestorm it has ignited. As he writes, “The work of lifetimes has been put at risk, reputations have been damaged, an astounding amount of silliness and even profound stupidity has been taken as serious thought, and always lurking in the background of all the argumentation and gnashing of tenets has been the question of whether the field of archaeology can ever be pursued as a science.”
The Age Of Everything
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Author : Matthew Hedman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-08-13
The Age Of Everything written by Matthew Hedman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-13 with Science categories.
Taking advantage of recent advances throughout the sciences, Matthew Hedman brings the distant past closer to us than it has ever been. Here, he shows how scientists have determined the age of everything from the colonization of the New World over 13,000 years ago to the origin of the universe nearly fourteen billion years ago. Hedman details, for example, how interdisciplinary studies of the Great Pyramids of Egypt can determine exactly when and how these incredible structures were built. He shows how the remains of humble trees can illuminate how the surface of the sun has changed over the past ten millennia. And he also explores how the origins of the earth, solar system, and universe are being discerned with help from rocks that fall from the sky, the light from distant stars, and even the static seen on television sets. Covering a wide range of time scales, from the Big Bang to human history, The Age of Everything is a provocative and far-ranging look at how science has determined the age of everything from modern mammals to the oldest stars, and will be indispensable for all armchair time travelers. “We are used to being told confidently of an enormous, measurable past: that some collection of dusty bones is tens of thousands of years old, or that astronomical bodies have an age of some billions. But how exactly do scientists come to know these things? That is the subject of this quite fascinating book. . . . As told by Hedman, an astronomer, each story is a marvel of compressed exegesis that takes into account some of the most modern and intriguing hypotheses.”—Steven Poole, Guardian “Hedman is worth reading because he is careful to present both the power and peril of trying to extract precise chronological data. These are all very active areas of study, and as you read Hedman you begin to see how researchers have to be both very careful and incredibly audacious, and how much of our understanding of ourselves—through history, through paleontology, through astronomy—depends on determining the age of everything.”—Anthony Doerr, Boston Globe